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Many people who chew tobacco or dip snuff think it's safer than smoking. But you don't have to smoke tobacco for it to be dangerous. Chewing or dipping carries risks like
Recent research shows the dangers of smokeless tobacco may go beyond the mouth. It might also play a role in other cancers, heart disease and stroke.
Smokeless tobacco contains more nicotine than cigarettes. Nicotine is a highly additive drug that makes it hard to stop using tobacco once you start. Having a quit date and a quitting plan can help you stop successfully.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Stop Using Smokeless Tobacco Now - Product is an e-textbook along with support forum.
American Cancer Society: Quitting Tips - Information on how to stop smoking or quit using smokeless tobacco, options for help, and tips for after quitting.
OnHealth: Smokeless Tobacco Increases Breast Cancer Risk - Spit tobacco increases a woman's risk of breast cancer.
Active and Passive Tobacco Exposure: A Serious Pediatric Health Problem - Report from the American Heart Association covers effects of smoking, secondhand smoke, and smokeless tobacco on young people. Effects include cardiovascular and respiratory disease, low birth weight, infant mortality, and problems in the oral cavity.
Tobacco and Your Oral Health - Articles on smoking and periodontal disease, cigars and oral health, smokeless tobacco and oral health, and sports and chewing tobacco.
AAP - Things You Should Know About Smokeless Tobacco - Factsheet from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
AAP: Smokeless Tobacco - Some of the ingredients of spit tobacco may surprise you.
National Cancer Institute: Smokeless Tobacco - Pamphlet provides facts about spit tobacco, including its health effects.
Smokeless Tobacco Facts - From the University of Minnesota Division of Periodontology. Short factsheet covers types of product; prevalence of use; industry advertising and promotion; effects of use; addiction.
ScienceDaily Magazine -- Use Of Smokeless Tobacco May Lead To Breast Cancer, Wake Forest Team Reports - Preliminary results suggest that using smokeless tobacco may dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers reported.